Vegetarian Diet.

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Vegetarian Diet

One becomes a vegetarian for staying healthy. Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat. Vegetarians regard the flesh of all animals, including that of fish and poultry, as meat. Most vegetarians avoid eating meat because of moral or religious beliefs. They believe it is wrong to kill animals for food. Many vegetarians also think that eating meat is unhealthy.

The non-vegetarian food just seems healthy but it just means to poison one with fats, cholesterol and the nutrients required by the body aren't fulfilled. However, these needs can be fulfilled for the body by eating vegetarian food. The Big Macs and the Steak Fajitas, which one consume for the taste of tongue, is not good for him/her. More than half of the American population depends on fast food, which is mainly the consumption of meat and cheese. One should know how to survive without meat, incase he has to depend on the vegetables and fruits.

The non-vegetarian food leads to many health problems, like high cholesterol as my dad had, Ulcer problem, cancer and diabetes, and the most common is obesity.

The nutritional benefits of a vegetarian diet very clearly appear to be beneficial to health. A Professor Irving Fisher of Yale designed a series of tests for comparing the strength and stamina of meat-eaters against vegetarians. A vegetarian diet keeps one slim and trim and person healthy. Some vegetarians exclude milk and eggs, as well as meat, from their diet because these foods come from animals. Vegetarians are divided into three groups, based on their attitude toward milk and eggs. Lacto-ovo-vegetarians include milk and eggs, and foods made from milk and eggs, in their diet. Lacto-vegetarians do not eat eggs, but they drink milk and eat such milk products as butter and cheese. Vegans avoid milk...